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NBA's Bad Call Lingers Over Suns-Spurs Series
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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LeBron James averaged 27.0 points against the Spurs and the Cleveland Cavaliers won both regular season meetings, including an 88-81 victory on Nov. 3 that ended a 19-year losing streak in the Alamo City. (article 7)
SALT LAKE CITY, May 28 Several times the Utah Jazz came tantalizingly close to taking the lead and putting serious pressure on Spurs. (article 5)
PHOENIX, May 16 Robert Horry's left forearm sent Steve Nash crashing into a scorer's table, splashing to the ground, limbs dangling. (article 10)
Nash felt the pain of the physical blow, but the Phoenix Suns seemingly suffered a greater jolt to their championship aspirations after Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw left the bench to check on their fallen comrade. (article 10)
The Cavaliers will make their NBA Finals debut Thursday night in San Antonio, where the Spurs have hung three banners since 1999 and will be favored to add another. (article 1)
Duncan had 27 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, and Ginobili had 23 points and 10 assists. (article 4)
If the NBA is going to demand that its players not retaliate, that they refrain from taking the eye-for-an-eye revenge that traditionally characterized athletic competition since the beginning of time, then the league is obligated to protect the aggrieved party. (article 8)
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Story keywords
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Spurs, Suns, Stoudemire, Antonio, Duncan |
Source articles
- The Seattle Times: NBA Wire Notes (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/03/2007, 606 words)
- SportsDay: Basketball: Mavericks (dallasnews.com, 06/01/2007, 578 words)
- Spurs Give Jazz the Boot (Washington Post, 06/03/2007, 491 words)
- Spurs Get It Done In Game 1 (Washington Post, 06/03/2007, 574 words)
- As Usual, Spurs Are Good Enough (Washington Post, 06/03/2007, 791 words)
- A Formula For Success (Washington Post, 06/02/2007, 1103 words)
- Rested Spurs say they won't be on heels vs. Cavaliers (USA Today, 06/03/2007, 223 words)
- NBA's Bad Call Lingers Over Suns-Spurs Series (Washington Post, 06/02/2007, 1163 words)
- Suns Not Making Excuses For Deficit (Washington Post, 06/03/2007, 979 words)
- Spurs Gain An Edge In Series (Washington Post, 06/03/2007, 986 words)
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